I Lava You!
Whole lot a shaking going on!
Rock of Ages
My precious...
In the beginning...
100
A volcano that will probably never erupt ever again.
What is an extinct valcano?
100
The most famous scale to measure earthquake strength. It only goes up to 10.
What is the Richter Scale?
100
Layer of solid rock below the soil.
What is bedrock?
100
The hardest naturally occurring known substance.
What is diamond?
100
A theory that has never been proven false...yet.
What is a law?
200
The narrow zone of active volcanos that nearly encircles the Pacific basin.
What is the Ring of Fire
200
The point at which an earthquake begins. You do this with your camera.
What is the focus?
200
The most common of all igneous rocks.
What is basalt?
200
This metal is more valuable than gold or silver.
What is platinum?
200
The measure of the pull of gravity on an object.
What is weight?
300
Type of lava that has smooth texture with a 'ropy' appearance. Aloha!
What is pahoehoe?
300
The point on the earth's surface directly above where an earthquake began.
What is the epicenter?
300
The most common of all sedimentary rocks.
What is shale?
300
The rarest, most durable, and most beautiful minerals.
What are precious stones?
300
The most basic unit of matter.
What is an atom?
400
Igneous rock with a smooth glasslike texture; also known as "volcanic glass."
What is obsidian?
400
This earthquake zone includes the San Andreas Fault and about 80% of the world's earthquakes occur here.
What is the circum-Pacific belt?
400
Rock that consists of smooth pebbles embedded in hardened sand or clay.
What is conglomerate rock?
400
An alloy of copper and zinc.
What is brass?
400
A substance that is composed of one type of atom.
What is an element?
500
Any piece of solid volcanic ejecta.
What is a pyroclast?
500
When rocks on either side of a fault spring back to a position of little or no strain...at least that's theory.
What is elastic rebound?
500
Rocks that have a smooth, glasslike texture. You'd 'love' these.
What is amorphous?
500
Crystals are generally characterized by many flat surfaces called...
What are faces?
500
The third (3rd) step in the scientific method.
What is formulate a hypothesis?
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